Test kernels for mipsel: bcm947xx and r5k-cobalt
Hi all,
I have build some tests kernels for mipsel.
The first one [1] concerns bcm947xx CPU, which is found for example in
the WGT634U routers. It is based on tbm's kernel [2], but using a
2.6.16-7 kernel. I have enabled a few USB and network modules, and
module autoloading. I have started to remove some of the Broadcom OS
layer, the patches are now 40kB smaller. I have continued to clean the
patches, but I haven't tried to build a kernel with them yet.
The second kernel [3] concerns r5k-cobalt CPU. I have enabled a few
network modules (after all this box is designed to be a server) using
the amd64 configuration file as an example. I also enabled
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO which improves the hard-disk speed as shown below:
Debian kernel, after boot:
Timing buffered disk reads: 10 MB in 3.11 seconds = 3.21 MB/sec
Debian kernel, after enabling DMA with hdparm:
Timing buffered disk reads: 30 MB in 3.15 seconds = 9.52 MB/sec
New kernel:
Timing buffered disk reads: 36 MB in 3.11 seconds = 11.56 MB/sec
I am using it for a few days without problems. It would be nice if some
people could test it, and if it works well, I think this configuration
file could be used in official Debian kernels.
Sorry if the test kernels are a bit outdated compared to the Debian
kernels, but the kernel team upload kernels faster than what my CPU can
build :)
Bye,
Aurelien
[1] http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/mipsel-kernels/bcm947xx/
[2] http://people.debian.org/~tbm/bcm947xx/
[3] http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/mipsel-kernels/r5k-cobalt/
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